#B4B048#B4B048

#B4B048 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.126 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B048
RGB	rgb(180, 176, 72)
HSL	hsl(58, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(58, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 60%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.33, -11.98, 52.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.33, 53.74, 102.88°)
OKLab	oklab(74.01% -0.0368 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(74.01% 0.126 107)
XYZ	xyz(35.5186, 41.2229, 12.2155)
Luminance	0.4122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B048 #484CB4

analogous

#B47A48 #B4B048 #82B448

triadic

#B4B048 #48B4B0 #B048B4

tetradic

#B4B048 #48B47A #484CB4 #B44882

square

#B4B048 #48B47A #484CB4 #B44882

split-complementary

#B4B048 #4882B4 #7A48B4

monochromatic

#5D5B25 #888537 #B4B048 #C7C472 #D8D69E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#B4B048 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#B4B048 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B048

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B048	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B048	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAA3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b048;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 176, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.126 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc77f',
    500: '#b4b048',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b048;
$custom-light: #cdc77f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b048",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.778,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7401,
    "c": 0.12574,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.41222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B048

secondary

#9395C5

accent

#5AD355

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8EF

border

#D2D1CA

text

#14130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B048

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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